Underground Wind Energy Storage

Underground Wind Energy Storage
While wind power is one of the greenest renewable energies around, the wind doesn’t blow continuously at an optimum speed for offshore or onshore wind turbines.  That means sometimes no energy is being generated and added to the grid. But an equal issue is that when you have a period of optimum wind, it is difficult… Read the rest

A Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine!

A Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine!
In Ontario, Canada, the company “LTA Windpower is developing a revolutionary type of wind turbine. In fact, it’s not really correct to describe it as a turbine at all. It’s more like a blimp with two spinning propellers. It’s called the PowerShip. oh, and it’s filled with hydrogen gas. Yep, the one that’s very inflammable and… Read the rest

WIND TURBINES DESIGNS – The World’s Most Amazing Windmills Designs

WIND TURBINES DESIGNS – The World’s Most Amazing Windmills Designs
A journey through the evolution of the most spectacular wind turbines designs in the world Looking for an environmentally friendly energy source while looking gracious, aesthetic and beautiful? This article is a journey through the evolution of the most spectacular WIND TURBINES DESIGNS in the world. The answer is blowing in the wind! Wind turbines float… Read the rest

The End for Mechanical Gearboxes?

The End for Mechanical Gearboxes?
Turbines are big sturdy beasts. They should be robust and able to stand a lot of what the elements can throw at them. But even the best of them needs maintenance from time to time.  And then there’s the unexpected freak gust of wind.   An unexpected gust can stress the mechanical gearbox of the turbine… Read the rest

What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??

What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??
Does it sound like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. The Suction Bucket Jacket is something that could profoundly affect the offshore wind industry. DONG Energy has collaborated with the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) to bring about an innovative and… Read the rest

VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?

VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?
In the last few days, the official debut of a new vertical axis micro wind turbine was launched.  It’s a  new addition to the UGE (formerly Urban Green Energy) portfolio of turbines.  It’s called the “VisionAIR3″ and is a ramped-up, high-efficiency version of the company’s earlier micro-vertical axis wind turbine models. in 2012 UGE  partnered with… Read the rest

New Type of Turbine Designed in English University

New Type of Turbine Designed in English University
Here on the MWPS web pages we often feature new innovative designs to capture wind energy.  Few ever make it beyond the drawing board or prototype stage, and therefore the standard three-bladed wind turbines continue to be seen (although getting bigger year by year). However, a Derbyshire inventor has teamed up with Nottingham’s Trent University and… Read the rest

Storing Green Energy

Storing Green Energy
It has long been recognised that the vagaries of  the waves, the sun, and the wind,  mean that renewable “green” cannot be relied upon for 100% all-year-round electricity generation.  While batteries can be used to store energy generated while the waves are high, the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, they have been inefficient… Read the rest

A Revolutionary Bladeless Turbine is Unveiled

A Revolutionary Bladeless Turbine is Unveiled
A wind turbine without blades? Is that possible?? Yes! Vortex Bladeless have demonstrated how their turbines generate electricity from the wind through movement of the mast- and not a blade in sight! It may be that you have got very blasé about wind turbines. After all, they’ve been around for quite a few decades and are… Read the rest